Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-01
PAUL BADLY PARALYZED.
Nebraska's Bot.le-Sclrted Veteran Effectu
ally Squelched at St. Louis.
vANDERvooR1 SAT UPON HARD.
Judge Rea, uf Minnesota, Elected
COmmander-in-Ch chief OF the
Grand Army-Doings OF
the Encampment.
He Monkeyed with the Buzz.Saw.


ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3O.-The evacuation OF
this city by the rank and file of the Grand
Army began last night aud to-day the tented
fields are deserted with the exception of
few men here and there. The encampment
will close tonight with a grand camp fire
and fireworks and banquet to the dele
gates.
At a meeting of the encampment this
morning the repor, of the inspector general
was adopted with slight amendment.
The committee on resolutions reported
back the resolutions offered by Vandervoort
in regard 10 the veto of the depende mt pen
sion bill, and the pension to Mrs. Logan,
recommending the adoption of that part re-
ferring to Mrs. Logans pension and the re-
lection of the balance.
That portion of VandervOorts resolution
which was reported adversely upon Is in
three sections, which state in substance that
awhile no body of citizens can have nOre
exalted respect for the office of president
of the United States than we, yet this
does not obscure our perception to
blame the unworthy acts of the incumbent
of that high position or deprive us of the
right of criticism. While we recognize that
disapproval of any measure Is his constitu-
tional prerOgative. we cannot feel that this
involves also the privilege OF going beyond
the bounds of that power to officially insult or
slander broken-down and needy, men 10
whom the nation owes everything.
The last resolution states at length that In
vetoing the dependent pension bill. (which
was the least measure OF justice that could
have been asked, and did not represent
tith of what is due those gallant men," the
president has violated q pledge made to the
soldiers when they focked to the aid of the
country at the time of her greatest peril, has
thwafted the express INFLICTED Wi OF ira
reparable cruelty upon those who
should be the subjects of the tcnderest con-
sideration and the bill would have rescued
thousands of deserving soldiers from the
cold charity of almshouses."
After the report of the committee was
made, Vandervoort opened the debate on the
matter, claiming that the Grand Army
should have the coura ;e or its convictions
and vote as they felt on this question.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, spoke in favor of the
report and said he had as much feeling upon
the pension question as any other man, put
he stood as representative OF
body of men greater tnan the president
of the United States greater than the con-
gress of the United States and more digni.
fled in their utterances than the president
had shown himself to be. He said the qtes-
ton was more important than any other that
had been submitted; that the question was
what the encampment ought to do-whether
it ought to make platf rms for political par
ties or state its position in digniiied man
ner, as though there never had been presi-
should stand as a mountain stands upon the
plains, regardless of the coyotes at the foot
of 1t, pro1latAing in majesties~ords that
1t was in favor OF ths pension iegisiiaton leg i,aI
ests OF soldiers.
After some further debate Vandervoorts IS
amendment was overwhelmingly defeated
and the report of the committee adopted by
The committee presented majority and
minority reports on the SIS Il month, or SER
vice pension bill. The majority report is
against it and the minority is in Its favor. -,
monial to present to Chief
Fasrchild.
At the election of officers the following
were the nominations for commander-in-
chief for the ensuing year: General Slocum.
General Rea, General Anthony, General
Grier. Socum received 153, Anthony &C.
Grier IS and Rea 29i Sherman received one
and Warner, of Missouri, one. Rea was de-
cared elected. He was escorted to the plat
form by two of the defeated candidates,
Anthony and Grier, and returned thanks u
the encampment in brief speech.
The rules were suspended and Nelson Cole,
of Missouri, was elected senior vice comman.
der; junior vice commander, John &. Lima
han, of New Hampshire. General Lawrence
Donahue was elected sergeant general and
Rev. Edward Anderson was elected chap
8in-in-chief.
When the committee on rules and regula.
tions submitted their report the proposition
| to enable q class of persons to enter the order
who had served in the field but never had
been mustered into the service was defeated
The committee on the Logan monument
reported, recommending that fund be pro
vided for an equestrian statue at Washing
ton. Governor Alger subscribed 81 900 and
George &. Lemon, of Maryland, subscribed
$1,000.
The officers were then duly installed.
Sketch OF Judge Rea.
MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. 3O.-The news of the
election of Judge P. Rea, of Minneapolis
as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
was received here with much satisfaction